14 h. ago European football: Olmo double takes Barca top; Díaz fires up Bayern’s late rally

La Liga leaders recover to beat Alavés 3-1Munich set summit record with stoppage-time goalsBarcelona recovered from an early setback to secure a 3-1 victory over Alavés, with first-half goals from Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo and a late second for the latter sealing the win at the Camp Nou.The win lifts the defending La Liga champions to the top of the table on 34 points, two ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, who have a game in hand at Girona on Sunday. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Rangers dwell on positives after European 'step' but certain issues still remain

Barron still fighting on multiple fronts ahead of Falkirk test

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67 h. ago Champions League review: Arsenal erupt, PSV stun Liverpool and Benfica revive

Arsenal rout Bayern to stake a claim as Europe’s best, Liverpool spiral again, Benfica revive under Mourinho, and Estevão dazzles on a crowded week of stars• Bayern Munich’s unbeaten run and claim to be the best team in European football were both punctured at the Emirates. Arsenalwere rampant against an opponent who have handed them so much pain in the past. The Gunners opened the scoring through their habitual set-piece goal, Jurriën Timber fulfilling the role of the absent Gabriel Magalhães. Lennart Karl, the 17-year-old, showed off his chops with a fine goal; from within Bayern have found the player they desired when they were thwarted in moving for Florian Wirtz. After that, Declan Rice and Eberechi Eze took control in midfield, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli scoring the goals, the latter a humiliation of Manuel Neuer’s sweeper-keeper stylings. Amid the fug of the extended Champions League group-stage format, where matches between elite clubs are routine rather than novelt...

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2 d. ago Man Utd news: Triple transfer plans for January as Ruben Amorim hits out over his tactics

Manchester United are in a battle to return to European football and are likely to be active in the January transfer window, as Ruben Amorim has hit out at critics of his tactical approach

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3 d. ago ‘The whole journey was fantastic’: how Bob Houghton led Malmö to European Cup final

Englishman was not an obvious candidate to lead them but Swedes pushed Nottingham Forest all the way in 1979Early in the 1979 European Cup final, Kenny Burns misjudged a long ball and ended up lobbing it up in the air for Jan-Olov Kindvall. He, in turn, attempted to knock the dropping ball over Peter Shilton but the goalkeeper was not as close as he had perhaps anticipated and Shilton ended up catching it simply. The chance was gone and, with it, Malmö’s hopes of beating Nottingham Forest.“I had quite a good chance to score and then they were the better team,” says Kindvall. “But maybe if we had got the first goal, maybe we had a chance. We were very good when we didn’t have the ball ourselves. We had good organisation in the defence. And Forest were very good without the ball as well. It was more difficult for us to play against a team who were more like our team. We played the English way.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Scotland's European light flickering as Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and coefficient face crunch time

Do-or-die week for Scottish clubs’ hopes of progressing in Europe

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3 d. ago Martin O'Neill confirms his final Celtic European match as Wilfried Nancy appointment nears

O’Neill set to lead Celtic out in Europe for final time

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3 d. ago Why Feyenoord’s 1970 European Cup win was a sliding doors moment for Celtic

The final remains curious in a Celtic context because it is the showpiece occasion the club would rather forgetIt feels cruel in part to use Thursday’s meeting of Feyenoord and Celtic to reflect upon illustrious times. The Dutch side are 29th in the 36-team Europa League table, with Celtic’s position in 27th only more slightly more palatable to supporters because Rangers are bottom of the pile.Those fans disrupted an annual general meeting to the point of abandonment last week, demonstrating the disharmony that has engulfed Celtic for months. A club that progressed to the Champions League’s knockout phase last season, looking an overdue but serious European force, have starkly regressed. Celtic have the spending power to outshine clubs who routinely embarrass them in a bigger pond than St Mirren and Motherwell occupy. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago European football: Jude Bellingham snatches late draw for Real Madrid at Elche

Roma claim 3-1 away victory to move top of Serie AMilan take derby honours after Maignan penalty saveReal Madrid were held to an entertaining 2-2 draw at Elche on Sunday after a pulsating second half in which the visitors came from behind twice with Jude Bellingham’s late goal rescuing a point.The result extended Real’s winless run to three matches in all competitions, but they reclaimed top spot in La Liga, one point ahead of Barcelona. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago European football: Ferguson ends goal drought for Roma in win against Cremonese

Roma claim 3-1 away victory to maintain league formTeenager Ouédraogo scores in victory for RB LeipzigRoma gave themselves a chance of finishing the weekend top of Serie A with a 3-1 win at Cremonese, where the Irish striker Evan Ferguson came off the bench and ended his almost 13-month goal drought at club level.Roma are on 27 points, two points ahead of Napoli who beat Atalanta 3-1 on Saturday, with Inter third on 24 points going into their home derby with Milan on Sunday night. Cremonese are 12th in the standings on 14 points. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Aston Villa rally to put Leeds in trouble with Morgan Rogers double

Five defeats in six and the anxiety is beginning to show for Leeds. For the second game in a row they took an early lead through Lukas Nmecha but ended up with nothing, Morgan Rogers producing a pair of remarkable finishes to lift Aston Villa into the Champions League qualification slots. Leeds remain in the relegation zone.Villa began the season apparently still feeling the hangover from the defeat at Old Trafford on the final weekend of the last campaign that cost them European football. But having failed to win any of their first six games, they have won nine of their last 11 in all competitions, the depth of their squad beginning to tell. Donyell Malen began on the bench and, while he may not have scored in his third successive game, his arrival at half-time shifted the momentum of the game as Villa became only the second away side in 26 to win in the league at Elland Road. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Ruben Amorim's strict training decision shows his plans for Man Utd future

Manchester United are still operating with a heavy training regime under Ruben Amorim despite their lack of European football giving them scope to have more rest during the week

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7 d. ago The Ashes day two LIVE: Travis Head turns the tide as Australia surge towards first Test victory after England's late rally

Nineteen wickets fell on a rollercoaster opening day of the first Ashes Test, with Australia going from the penthouse to the outhouse as their batting was left in complete disarray by the tourists.

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8 d. ago Uefa apologises after demanding removal of Scotland fan videos

The European football governing body sent emails to the Scottish Football Supporters Association

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9 d. ago Sky Sports make surprise announcement as European football broadcast plan revealed

Sky Sports will broadcast UEFA Europa League and Conference League action from the 2027/2028 season, the broadcaster have now announced.

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9 d. ago BREAKING: Sky Sports make surprise announcement as European football broadcast plan revealed

Sky Sports will broadcast the UEFA Europa League and Conference League from 2027/28, the broadcaster have announced

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1 week ago There's no media agenda against Jude Bellingham – he's just an arrogant plonker

BRENT A GOB: This week, Harry Brent's taking aim at Jude Bellingham and the folks who reckon the media are out to get him - and at the financial disparity in European football

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1 week ago Harry Kane and Co will remind us all that football is a simple game at World Cup

Erling Haaland will finally join Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe on the sport's grandest stage and the three giants of European football could not be in better form right now

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2 w. ago World Cup 2026 European qualifying: when, how and who needs what?

Only England have qualified so far, and there is sure to be drama aplenty over the next week as everyone else battles to join themThe standings in fullCould the unthinkable happen? Germany have never failed to qualify for the World Cup but the four-time champions can’t afford slip-ups if they are to seal top spot after losing against Slovakia in their opening game. Julian Nagelsmann’s side lead Slovakia on goal difference and need to beat Luxembourg on Friday and see whether Northern Ireland – guaranteed a playoff after finishing top of their Nations League group – can do them any favours in Slovakia on the same night. Germany finish against Slovakia in Leipzig on Monday in what could be a winner-takes-all showdown. Teams finishing second go into the playoffs. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago European football: Inter beat Lazio and leapfrog Roma to go top of Serie A

Martínez and Bonny score in 2-0 home victoryReal Madrid held to goalless draw by Rayo VallecanoInter moved to the top of Serie A with a 2-0 home win against Lazio on Sunday, sealed by goals from Lautaro Martínez early in the first half and Ange-Yoan Bonny after the interval. The result lifted Inter to the summit, level on 24 points with second placed Roma. Behind them are Milan and Napoli, both with 22 points while Bologna are fifth with 21.It took three minutes for Martínez to give Inter the lead, receiving the ball inside the box, the captain angled it with the outside of his foot into the far corner. Inter doubled their lead and sent the home crowd into a frenzy in the 62nd minute. Federico Dimarco’s low ball across the face of goal found Bonny free at the back post, leaving him with a simple tap-in. Continue reading...

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